Teachers will be invited to explore and discuss specific strategies for developing the 4 linguistic skills.

We will look how best to prepare students for the controlled assessments, without allowing these to "hijack" the teaching and learning process.

We will look at a range of strategies for developing students' study skills , and raise their awareness of how to change Ds into Cs and As into A*s. We will consider effective ways to teach grammar and how to help students of all abilities to extend their range and vocabulary.